The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-06-29
5ALL THREE RESIGN.
THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS
Serves Notice on tho Council that It Is Going
\ 10 Quit other Matters at the Regular Z
< Council Meeting Last Evenipg-soms
New Ordinances Proposed, stct

u Aregular meeting Of Council was held
last evening. The attendance Of members
was not up to tho average, considerable
trouble being had to secure a quorum for
tho Second Branch, and the spectators
wero very iaw. Considerable important
business was disposed Of and several live.
ly tits between members Of the Flrst
Branch made things unusually interesting
In that chamber. Among tho more i'm.
portant papsra was the resignation Of the
Board Of Public Works, which was accept.
ed by the Second, but not acted on by the
Firat. n 4, X, .'Srt
The Second Branch was called 10 order
by President Gtlleland shortly after eight
O'Clock. The roll was called and only
eleven members, four leas than q quorum,
responding to their names, Officer Kill
leen, the deputy sergeant In attendance,
was furnished with List Of The absenteea
and started out to drum up enough mem
bers to enable the Branch to transact bust.
nees. Ec WAS absent about half an hour,
and at S:45 o'clock the roll was again
called and seventeen members found to
be present. The absenteea were Meears.
Auber. Bromer, Garyin, Gundling, Har.
tung, Jaeger, HITLER, Marah, Miller and
Voeckler. The reading OF the minutes oil
the previous meetinga was dispensed with
Mr.. George Mckeown, the new member
from the Fourth ward, elected to I'LL the
vacancy caused by the removal from the
city OF Mr.. Edward Robertson, was sworn
and took his seat. KS M EEL.
lltt THE CITY FINANCES. 5t
The regular aemi.monthly report o.
Clerk Bowers was taken up, road and or
dered received aid filed. 1t showed thai
out OF the total appropriations made to the
various departments aud committees al
the first Of the year, amounting to S296,
264 CO there has been expended In the ag
gregate Sll0,ll6 IL, leaving a balance
Of SlSG, Jas 81 divided among the aevera
departments and committees as follows
Board OF Public Works, s3S,SS5 20; Fire
Department, ST., 1888 ~; Health Depart
ment, $4,722 So; Markets, S2,2l7 81; Pc
lice Department, Sl2.S0l 02; City Prlson
s., 500 SO; Scales and Weighing, 1921 so
Real Estate. 81 ,O2s 90; Cemeteries, SILL IS
Salaries, s5.39l Is; Contingencies, 81,
0Sl 9S; Compromise Loan, $3.50; Loaf
OF 1877, $3.50; Loan Of 1881, $1,000 80
City Water Board s26,259 81; City Ga
Works, S55,545 90. Tho Board OF Publ
Workn has expended Of it's contingen
fund $1,000 IS. ~ 8i5G W
The rules were suspended for tho pnr
pose OF approving tho bond Of DR.. s. L
Brice, the new city collector. 1t is in thu
sum OF $40 900, with Dr.. J. H. Pipes, Mai
JameH B. fancy and Augustus Pollock Al
eureties. The gentlemen appeared ant
qualified, and after the bond had been ap
proved by the First, DR.. Brice was sworn
The Committee on Health presented
bills aggressting $500 which we're ordered
paid By both branches. The Board OF Pc
lice and Fire Commissioners reported tina
the authorities OF the town Of Bridegroom
had paid $50 for the services Of part o
the Wheeling Fire Department at recon
fire there, which had baen turned into tn,
general fund. II recommended that Chic
Duaning be paid S. and tho fourteen FIRE
men who attended the fire 50 each out o
this amount. Mr. Maxwell wanted tn,
regular fremen paid S. and the extrame,
s. each. No one seconded this, and tn,
Boards Recommendation was adopted b,
hnth branches .31t-I sa2I' - 49,